Student Population at East Central

Total Enrollment

2,371 (all undergraduate)

Undergraduate

2,371

Online Enrollment

404

Men Students

876

Women Students

1,495

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 2,371 students have enrolled at East Central College (all undergraduate).

By gender, 876 male and 1,495 female students are attending East Central College. By attendance status, there are 1,201 full-time students and 1,170 part-time students.

The number of students at East Central College is very small compared to Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Missouri.

East Central College offers online degree/certificate programs and 404 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares East Central's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Public, 2-4 Years Colleges, 2-4 Years Colleges, and Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Missouri.

The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Missouri average (5,065 students).

	Total	Undergraduate
East Central College	2,371	2,371
All Colleges	2,931	2,685
Public, 2-4 Years Colleges	5,796	5,801
2-4 Years Colleges	3,035	3,125
Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Missouri	5,065	5,065

The below chart compares the student population between East Central College and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 876 male and 1,495 female students attending East Central. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.59 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at East Central.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at East Central
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	2,371	1,201	1,170
Men	876	474	402
Women	1,495	727	768

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 2,067 White students (87.18%) and 112 Two or More Races students (4.72%) at East Central College(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at East Central College.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at East Central College
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	10	4	6
Asian	23	8	15
Black or African American	26	13	13
Hispanic	99	40	59
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	1	2
White	2,067	747	1,320
Two or More Races	112	43	69
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	6	4	2
Total	2,371	876	1,495

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 1,958 students whose age under twenty five and 279 students whose age is over thirty years old at East Central College.

Especially, 588 students are younger than eighteen and 7 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at East Central College.

Population by Student Age at East Central College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,371	876	1,495
Under 18	588	214	374
18-19	882	336	546
20-21	337	140	197
22-24	151	55	96
25-29	134	48	86
30-34	101	33	68
35-39	79	23	56
40-49	70	21	49
50-64	22	3	19
65 and over	7	3	4
Total	2,371	876	1,495

Online Student Population

At East Central College, 1,213 students (51.16% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 404 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 402 students live in Missouri where East Central College is located in and 2 students have enrolled from other states.